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Poll Shows Americans Support Right-to-Carry

12:05am Friday, August 14, 2009

The United States Senate recently voted on an amendment that would have allowed Right-to-Carry permit holders to carry in all other states that also grant carry permits. The amendment, sponsored by Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and David Vitter (R-La.), won a significant majority of votes, 58 to 39, but failed to reach the 60 votes needed to avoid a Senate filibuster. Anti-gun senators have long...

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Uncertainty over CHL fee change keeps authorities jumping

12:10am Thursday, August 13, 2009

Almost immediately after we broke the news that changes effecting Ohio firearm laws were included in the House Bill 1, the two year budget adopted by the Ohio General Assembly, we began receiving questions on when the changes were going to be implemented. The question has proved rather difficult to answer, even a month after the bill was passed and signed into law. In fact, we have received...

Strickland Joins Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus

12:05am Thursday, August 13, 2009

Bipartisan Group Established to Promote and Protect Hunting and Wildlife Causes Columbus, Ohio – Ohio Governor Ted Strickland today announced that he has joined the bipartisan Governors Sportsmen's Caucus (GSC), a recently established group of sitting governors who are committed to protecting and promoting the interests and agenda of sportsmen and women and wildlife professionals in Ohio and...

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Buckeye Firearms Assoc. endorsee Shannon Jones selected to join State Senate

12:10am Wednesday, August 12, 2009

The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that State Rep. Shannon Jones, a 2008 Buckeye Firearms Association endorsee, has been selected by Senate Republicans to become newest member of the Senate, representing about 330,000 residents of Hamilton and Warren counties. The story notes that Jones was among four candidates who applied for the 7th District seat left vacant by the June 19 death of Sen. Bob...

ATF trace data proves gun control does not affect crime

12:05am Wednesday, August 12, 2009

By Gerard Valentino One of the crown jewels of the gun control movement was the passage of the Brady Bill during the first term of Bill Clinton's administration. The bill created the five day waiting period for handgun purchases, and was hailed as the first step in halting handgun violence in America. Of course, prior to the Brady Bill the anti-gun groups had claimed several other key gun control...

Bad Laws, Bad Legislators, Bad Ideas (and the Gun Manufacturers that continue to look the other way)

12:10am Tuesday, August 11, 2009

By Jim Shepherd On Friday, it would be nice to be able to talk about the anticipation with which we all look toward the weekend. After all, it's the most continuous time many of us have to enjoy the outdoors. Some Fridays, unfortunately, that's just not possible. Yesterday, New Jersey became the fourth state to pass legislation limiting state residents to one handgun purchase every thirty days...

Firearms Industry Rejects National Park Service Classification of Traditional Ammunition as a Health Threat

12:05am Tuesday, August 11, 2009

NEWTOWN, Conn.--In response to an announcement regarding a National Parks Service program encouraging hunters to voluntarily switch to alternative ammunition, the National Shooting Sports Foundation rejected NPS's categorization of traditional ammunition as a health threat. NSSF is offering to work with the National Park Service to develop measures to educate hunters about steps they can take to...

Dave Yost implores supporters: Don't let Mike DeWine turn back the clock on gun rights

12:10am Monday, August 10, 2009

By Chad D. Baus If Republican Attorney General candidate Dave Yost has anything to say about it, former Senator Mike DeWine's vehement anti-gun record will be front and center in the upcoming GOP primary battle. A fundraising letter being circulated by Yost is drawing attention to DeWine's record of support for some of the most radical gun control proposals in the past two decades, and the...